SUMMARY:

A motivated objective oriented self - starter with ten years experience in UX engineering, web service function and performance testing, defense materiel acquisition standards and requirements testing and custom/tailored tool and solution engineering. A deep understanding of web technologies and libraries, AJAX, and MVC Controller and View functionality. I have helped standardize the development efforts of the several teams to help ensure consistency and a similar look and feel across all applications developed. I have also been involved in sharepoint add-in development to maintain a consistent look with other MVC developed applications.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Software Engineer

Sierra Vista, AZ

Responsibilities:

• Supported a development team based around C# MVC web technology.
• Responsible for development and delivery of web services that supported the USAICoE which included all development aspects; front-end (HTML5/CSS3/Razor/Bootstrap), backend C#, MS SQL Server database development and design, as well as Microsoft IIS configurations and deployments.
• Responsible for meeting predetermined deadlines and ensuring my deliverables mapped to the provided user requirements in a SCRUM based development environment. Most development efforts were single developer projects and required an in depth knowledge of all aspects of the development environment.

Confidential

Sharepoint Developer & Admin

Sierra Vista, AZ

Responsibilities:

• Supported a Sharepoint development team to automate application and sharepoint deployment and configuration in a pre existing environment.
• Ensured that automated scripting development would accurately and efficiently complete the delegated tasking to maintain availability of our iPortal and tPortal environments. Additionally I worked on development of applications for Sharepoint (Sharepoint hosted, and Provider hosted).
• Developed an application style guide based on the request of our product owner that will be used for future development efforts to ensure application consistency and themes for all future development efforts.
• The style guide is distributed and easily integrated into both existing and new development efforts and was used for the final project STG developed on this contract.
• I was the lead UI developer for STTC in order to create a more user friendly and modern look/feel, while integrating features previously excluded such as AJAX calls for dynamic content refreshing, sortable/filtered datatables for data display, and modal popouts for user input.
• Along with the front end development I also worked on the backend code cleanup and development to ensure software STIG compliance and functional and effective code.
• Additional responsibilities for STG included database management and setup, application deployment during ASI’s for production and QA environments, and overall configuration and troubleshooting of sharepoint and development systems for the team.

Confidential 

Test and Evaluation Technical Lead

Sierra Vista, AZ

• This included automating web service and web front end tests, as well as becoming a technical subject matter expert that could be consulted to provide new capabilities,
• determine the best tool to use for specific efforts, and scope the level of effort that an upcoming requirement may require.
• My development and troubleshooting skills were key in this role, they allowed for quick turnaround times on trouble tickets, support requests, and application development to ensure a successful test.
• I utilized my years of experience with DCGS and the manual testers of these systems, as well as my background in web service development to pin point a place for automation, and the best solutions to do so, whether it was using a commercial tool such as CA LISA, or SoapUI, or the development of an in house tool to better suit the needs of the customer.
• I have utilized an extensive knowledge of security testing to find several long existing security flaws in software that is already fielded, and provided feedback on fixes to remediate the flaws.
• These fixes and bugs have been recognized by the DCGS community, and the software developers as severe issues and I was credited in thier discovery.

Confidential

IT Specialist/Graphic Designer

Dragoon, AZ

• During my time with Confidential I performed on site and remote IT support, graphic design work, as well as minor web site development.
• IT support consisted of performing maintenance calls, remote troubleshooting, and analysis and technical write ups for customers interesting in expanding small business environments.
• I was also tasked with integrating .
• Net based web services into customer environments including server setup, configuration and security. Additional IT support in the form of service calls for network and hardware installation and security checks, which included firewall configurations, anti-virus, basic security STIG’s and user account control, working with active directory and on script development for modifying and adding/deleting accounts, as well as setting up and managing exchange servers for small networks.

Confidential 

System and Network Support

Tucson, AZ

• During my time with Confidential I was tasked with providing remote technical support, both on the Lacerte software, as well as hardware and network support.
• I provided database troubleshooting and repair work for high end customer clientele that utilized Intuits Lacerte software.
• I solely developed a deployable script to perform work that would typically be performed by an agent through remote desktop or over the phone support, this script turned a typical 20 minute job into a matter of seconds with little to no work by the clientele.
• Additional tasks were troubleshooting installations and performance of the Lacerte tax software, as well as providing network configuration recommendations for multiple instances of the software in one environment.
• Confidential utilized VMWare for recreating and resolving bugs on an assortment of operating systems, Windows Vista was being rolled out during my employment. I was also setup for agent support and escalations on particularly troublesome or difficult issues.